Study of a brain hyperthermia system providing also passive brain temperature monitoring

Karanasiou, IS; Uzunoglu, NK

dc.contributor.author	Karanasiou, IS	en
dc.contributor.author	Uzunoglu, NK	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:44:12Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:44:12Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	05891019	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/31747
dc.subject	Brain Imaging	en
dc.subject	Design and Development	en
dc.subject	Experimental Study	en
dc.subject	Human Body	en
dc.subject	Passive Measurement	en
dc.subject	Temperature Distribution	en
dc.subject	Theoretical Analysis	en
dc.subject	Proof of Concept	en
dc.subject.other	Brain hyperthermia systems	en
dc.subject.other	Brain imaging	en
dc.subject.other	Brain malignancy	en
dc.subject.other	Brain temperature monitoring	en
dc.subject.other	Brain	en
dc.subject.other	Focusing	en
dc.subject.other	Noninvasive medical procedures	en
dc.subject.other	Temperature distribution	en
dc.subject.other	Temperature measurement	en
dc.subject.other	Tumors	en
dc.subject.other	Hyperthermia therapy	en
dc.title	Study of a brain hyperthermia system providing also passive brain temperature monitoring	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259509	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259509	en
heal.identifier.secondary	4029949	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	A newly developed system for deep brain hyperthermia able to provide also passive measurements of temperature distributions inside the human body and especially the brain, is presented in this paper. The proposed system able to comprise both therapeutic and diagnostic modules operates in a totally non-invasive contactless way based on the use of an ellipsoidal conductive wall cavity to achieve beamforming and focusing on the areas under treatment and temperature monitoring. The performance of the system's diagnostic module designed and developed for brain imaging, has been previously studied in phantom, animal and human tests illustrating promising results. In the present paper theoretical analysis of the therapeutic module designed for hyperthermia treatment, elicited during simulation performance, exhibit the system's focusing attributes. Moreover, initial phantom experimental results verify the proof of concept. Taking into consideration the present initial theoretical and experimental study and the great advantage of the proposed brain hyperthermia system of being non invasive and with a very acceptable cost, it is concluded that further research is required in order to explore its potentials at becoming a part of the standard treatment protocol of brain malignancy in the future. © 2006 IEEE.	en
heal.journalName	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259509	en
dc.identifier.volume	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	5017	en
dc.identifier.epage	5020	en